Colonialism, Enlightenment, Castration: Writing, Narration and Legibility in L\u27Etranger

This analysis combines the issue of narratability with some psychoanalytic insights, focusing first on the key incident in Meursault\u27s story when he involves himself in writing. Meursault inadvertently inscribes himself in a conflictual drama when he writes a letter for Raymond Sintès. The writing of the letter prefigures both Meursault\u27s later taking up of the gun with which he will kill an Arab and his inexorable evolution toward a situation that makes him capable of narrating and being narrated. It seals him into the colonial world of language. To become capable of narrating is both to become a colonist and to be colonized. It requires a subject/object relationship within the self. Mersault\u27s story is an allegory of becoming legible in two ways: as an individual in a real cultural situation and as a character in a novel. Our analysis also links another of the novel\u27s underlying themes—fragmentation of the environment—with our examination of Meursault\u27s movement toward narratability and condemnation. The unbearable intensity of the sun throughout the novel is a token of this fragmentation. The colonialists\u27 tendency to experience their presence in Algeria as both a necessary civilizing influence and a noble self-sacrifice is legitimated and perpetuated by their refusal to adapt their costumes and ceremonies to the environment

The media, animal conservation and environmental education

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Efficacy of chlorimuron-ethyl in the control of Melampodium perfoliatum in soybean

Uma nova e importante planta daninha está ocorrendo em lavouras de soja nos cerrados do Estado de Minas Gerais. O objetivo do ensaio de campo a atividade biológica e a tolerância da cultura de soja cv. 'IAC-8' ao herbicida chlorimuron-ethyl isoladamente e em mistura, quando aplicados em pós-emergência, para o controle da estrelinha (Me/ampodium perfoliatum), em área de Cerrado, em Latossolo Vermelho-Escuro. Os tratamentos foram: chlorimuron-ethyl (12,5 e 15 g/ha) + óleo mineral (0,05% v/v), chlorimuron-ethyl + lactofen a 12,5+ 120 g/ha, chlorimuron-ethyl + fomesafen (12,5+ 150 g/ha) + óleo mineral (0,1% v/v), chlorimuron-ethyl + imazethapyr a 12,5+30 g/ha e testemunha capinada e sem capina. O chlorimuron-ethyl (12,5 e 15 g/ha) + óleo mineral (0,05% v/v), apresentou eficiente controle da estrelinha, com 95% e 97% de controle. Quando o chlorimuron-ethyl foi misturado com lactofen, fomesafen e imazethapyr, mostrou um eficiente índice de controle, entre 96 e 99%, até 132 dias após a aplicação. Chlorimuron-ethyl isolado e em mistura com lactofen, fomesafen e imazethapyr, nas doses testadas, mostrou-se altamente seletivo para a cultura da soja.A new and important weed, Me/ampodium perfoliatum, has been growing in soybean plantations in the "Cerrados" of Minas Gerais, BraziI. The objective of this study was evaluate the biological activity and soybean tolerance to chorimuronethyl alone or tank rnixed with other postemergence herbicides. Treatrnents were: chlorimuron-ethyl (12.5 and 15 g/ha) + mineral oil (0.05% v/v), chlorimuron-ethyl + lactofen at 12.5+120 g/ha, chlorimuon-ethyl + fomesafen (12.5 + 150 gIha) + mineral oil (0.1% v/v) chlorimuron-ethyl + imazethapyr at 12.5 + 30 g/ha and a weedy and a weeded controI. Results indicate that chlorirnuronethy I (12.5 and 15 g/ha) + mineral oil has controlled efficiently (95 and 97%) M. perfoliatum. When chlorimuron-ethyl was rnixed with lactofen, and imazethapyr control increased to 96-99% up 132 days after application. Chlrimuron-ethyl alone or tank mixed with lactofen, fomesafen and imazethapyr has shown to be highly selective to soybean

Stretching and Bending the Frame – Green Possibilities in Popular Romantic Narratives

This article examines frame theory, popular culture, and environmental values. Reviewing frame theory across journalism, communication studies, linguistics, and fine art, it will examine in particular ‘cultural framing’. Radical thought is invariably associated with the avant-garde, yet narrative or genre innovations in popular culture can also trigger ‘deeper’ cognitive shifts, potentially transforming ‘common culture’. Citing comics, films, and animation, the main example is popular music and how Björk and British Sea Power have subverted generic and acoustic conventions (e.g. melody), and music’s habitual romantic narratives, to re-frame human–nonhuman relationships ecologically. By stretching and manipulating frames, popular culture can adapt and engender environmental narratives for mass consumption

Characterization of educational practices of the multiply agents of project our children: windows of opportunities

Esta é uma pesquisa qualitativa de abordagem compreensiva que tem como objeto a caracterização das práticas educativas dos agentes multiplicadores do Projeto Janelas, uma experiência de intervenção no âmbito da atenção básica/saúde da família ocorrida na cidade de São Paulo e voltada para a promoção do desenvolvimento infantil através do fortalecimento dos cuidados familiares para gestantes e crianças menores de seis anos. Objetivos: (1) descrever as práticas educativas dos profissionais com as equipes de saúde e as famílias; (2) identificar outras experiências de formação que influenciaram essas práticas; e (3) correlacionar as experiências relatadas com o processo de formação ocorrido no Projeto Janelas. Método: foi escolhida a história de vida tópica porque o objeto de estudo está circunscrito a uma determinada área de experiência dos sujeitos, neste caso, suas práticas educativas em saúde. As histórias, em número de seis, foram obtidas por meio de entrevistas combinando-se uma escuta aberta e atenta para a exploração e aprofundamento das experiências dos sujeitos e uma atitude diretiva para o levantamento de informações gerais e manutenção do foco da investigação. Resultados: no material coletado foram identificadas as categorias empíricas aspectos significativos da formação recebida; percepção de impacto nas próprias atitudes e condutas; abertura para a escuta; compreensão dos determinantes sociais do processo saúde-doença; práticas emancipatórias e regulatórias; práticas intersetoriais; fortalecimento dos cuidados familiares que, na discussão, foram articuladas com as categorias analíticas aprender a conhecer, aprender a fazer, aprender a conviver e aprender a ser; práxis dialógica; empoderamento psicológico e empoderamento comunitário; liberdade e autonomia; regulação e emancipação social. Os principais resultados referemse a aspectos da formação recebida, das práticas educativas desenvolvidas com as equipes e as famílias e à percepção de impacto dessas ações com as famílias. Conclusão: tanto a formação recebida quanto as práticas desenvolvidas caracterizam-se pela ampliação do olhar biomédico porque incluem aspectos emocionais e relacionais de indivíduos, grupos e famílias. Todos os sujeitos reconhecem e valorizam a abordagem crítico-participativa da formação que receberam, o impacto dela sobre determinadas atitudes e comportamentos (empoderamento dos profissionais), maior abertura para a escuta e algum tipo de transformação em suas práticas educativas no sentido do empoderamento da população. Quanto à incorporação de atitudes e práticas orientadas pelo respeito à autonomia da população (dialética regulaçãoemancipação), ela variou de sujeito para sujeito, com uma preponderância perceptível do pólo da emancipação social.This is a qualitative research with comprehensive approach that has as object the educational practices of the multiply agents of Project Our Children: Windows of Opportunities, an experience of intervention at the scope of basic attention/familys health that occurred in the city of São Paulo and was focused on the promotion of child development trough the strengthening of family care for pregnant women and children under six years. Goals: (1) describe the educational practices of professionals with the health teams and families; (2) identify other training experiences that influenced these practices; and (3) correlate the reported experiences with the occurred process of projects formation. Method: the topical life story was chosen because the object of study is limited to the subjects given area of experience, in this case, their health education practices. The stories, in number of six, were obtained through interviews combining an open and attentive listening for the exploration and deepening of the subjects\' experiences with an attitude policy for attainment of general information and maintaining the focus of investigation. Results: in the material collected were identified the empirical categories significant aspects of the training received; perceived impact on their own attitudes and behaviors; openness to listen; understanding of social determinants of health-disease; emancipatory and regulatory practices; intersectorial practices; strengthening of family cares -that in the discussion were combined with the analytical categories -learning to know, learning to do, learning to live together, learning to be; dialogical praxis; psychological and community empowerment; freedom and autonomy; regulation and social emancipation. The main results refer to aspects of the training received, the educational practices developed with the teams and families and the perception of the impact of these actions with the families. Conclusion: Both the training received and the developed practices characterized by the expansion of the biomedical gaze because they include emotional and relational aspects of the individuals, groups and families. All subjects recognize and value the critical and participatory approach of the training they received, the impact of it on certain attitudes and behavior (empowerment of the professionals), more openness to listen and some kind of transformation in their educational practices in the sense of the empowerment of the population. As to the incorporation of attitudes and practices based on respect for autonomy of the population (regulation emancipation dialectic), it varied from subject to subject, with a noticeable preponderance of the pole of social emancipation